{"id":82497,"date":"2024-08-08T19:49:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82497"},"modified":"2024-08-08T19:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:49:42","slug":"orioles-jackson-holliday-historic-tear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/08\/orioles-jackson-holliday-historic-tear\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Rookie Sensation Breaking Records After Rocky Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday<\/a> may have had a quiet debut, but since returning to the big leagues he has been on a historic tear. After dominating the minors and putting up ridiculous numbers in spring training, baseball\u2019s top prospect struggled in his first stint in the majors – recording just two hits in 34 at-bats and striking out 18 times.<\/span>\u00a0Holliday<\/span> was <\/span>optioned back to Triple-A Norfolk<\/span><\/a> to regroup and make adjustments in a less pressurized environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holliday spent the next three months in Norfolk batting .257\/.426\/.457 with eight homers before taking over as Baltimore\u2019s everyday second baseman. Kicking off his redemption tour the only way the consensus number-one prospect knows how, launching a grand slam to Eutaw Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since <\/span>returning in late July<\/span><\/a>, the 20-year-old second baseman has slashed .375\/.444\/.917 with four homers and 10 RBI. Holliday has stepped up for the Orioles at exactly the right time, and on Wednesday, crushed a two-run bomb deep to right field giving Baltimore the lead over Toronto. Jackson, son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday<\/a>, has three homers in his last three games and four since July 31st. Holliday’s seventh-inning homer didn\u2019t just lead to the Orioles defeating the Toronto Blue Jays and tying the New York Yankees for the division lead – it made history.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 20 years, 247 days, Jackson Holliday is the youngest American League player<\/a> to hit a home run in three consecutive games. He\u2019s one of 14 players<\/a> in MLB history age 20 or younger to homer in at least three straight contests. <\/span>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/a><\/span> holds the record at five games, while <\/span>Miguel Cabrera<\/a><\/span> is second with four consecutive games. Since Acu\u00f1a and Cabrera both played for National League teams, Holliday could break the AL record by homering on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Oh my word! That ball’s out to Saskatchewan!”<\/p>\n

MLB’s No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday becomes the youngest player in AL history to homer in three straight games (20 years, 247 days) with this 424-foot shot for the @Orioles<\/a>: pic.twitter.com\/40s3aS3nTA<\/a><\/p>\n

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